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  • Rain showers expected on Independence Day holiday

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 3, 2023

    Smoky haze was in the air in this region today, with a chance of showers in the forecast tonight and through the Independence Day holiday Tuesday. The haze was predicted to remain through early tonight. The air quality monitoring stations in Havre, Malta and Great Falls all showed moderate air quality effects this morning, which the state Department of Environmental Quality Today's Air website says is acceptable but may have some risk for some people, especially those...

  • North Dakota woman dies in car crash Sunday

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jul 3, 2023

    A North Dakota woman died in a vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 2 West Sunday morning and the Montana Highway Patrol is investigating the incident. The woman was 47 years old and was pronounced dead on arrival. Her name had not been released as of printing deadline this morning. Montana Highway Patrol reports the woman was westbound driving a Dodge Caliber when it went off the left side of the road and into the ditch before crossing an approach and hitting a pine tree near the 363 mile marker west of Kremlin. The woman who died...

  • Fourth of July Festival Tuesday at noon in Pepin Park

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jul 3, 2023

    The 2023 Fourth of July Festival and Community Picnic, one of Havre’s centerpiece Independence Day celebrations, is set for Tuesday at noon at Pepin Park with food, a flag ceremony and music for local residents. The ceremony and the national anthem will begin around noon, followed by food at 12:15 p.m. The event’s primary organizer Cassie Denny said the event is prepared to feed 1,000 people. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs. The celebration started in 2001 with a parade down Fifth Avenue and since has exp...

  • Rudyard's Fossil Fest set for this weekend

    Christy Bambrough|Updated Jul 3, 2023

    The Rudyard Dinosaur Museum and the Rudyard Community Commercial Club are collaborating this year to put on Rudyard’s very first family-friendly Fossil Fun Fest Friday and Saturday. The gathering was prepared with the support of local and surrounding volunteers. The Rudyard Dinosaur and Depot Museum is also known for being one of the stops on the Montana Dinosaur Trail. Rudyard Community Commercial Club Treasurer Adria Mikulecky is one of the volunteers helping run the event. “Hosting these types of fun events always hel...

  • Job Corps launches summer recruitment drive in Montana

    Updated Jul 3, 2023

    Press release WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program has launched a summer recruitment drive in Montana, offering immediate openings and free career training in the nation’s leading industries for 16- through 24-year-olds from low-income households. “Job Corps offers a path to apprenticeships and higher-paying careers in the nation’s fastest-growing industries,” said Rachel Torres, National Director of Job Corps. “Our graduates fill a critical need for employers and the economy.” Montana has two...

  • Northstars split home stand to start July

    Kason Clark|Updated Jul 3, 2023

    In a home stand at Legion Field to begin the month of July, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club yielded mixed results. On Saturday night against the Lethbridge Miners, the Northstars suffered a 6-3 and a 7-4 loss. However, they rebounded Sunday afternoon against the Fort Macleod Royals as they won 13-3 and 13-0. Shane Reno, who filled in as head coach for the Northstars, liked how the Northstars played to end the weekend. "On Saturday, it was rough but they...

  • Obituary - John Patrick McShane

    Updated Jul 3, 2023

    In 1942, John Patrick McShane, son of Irish immigrants Patrick and Katy, was born under the shadow of the Stewart Mine in Butte, Montana. He left this world peacefully in June of 2023 at Discovery Care Center in Hamilton, MT. His final months were full of daily family visits even if sometimes Dad's contribution was just an impressive snore. We are eternally grateful to our heroes - the amazing RNs, CNAs, and traveling nurses who took such amazing care of our dad. John was a...

  • Obituary - Lorraine Hanson

    Updated Jul 3, 2023

    Lorraine Hanson of Havre, 58, passed away June 20, 2023, in Billings, due to injuries sustained in a vehicle crash June 15. Services will be held Saturday, July 8, 2023, at 2 p.m., in the 4-H Chuckwagon Building in the Great Northern Fairgrounds. Full obituary will follow....

  • For the Record, July 3, 2023

    Updated Jul 3, 2023

    Havre Police Department An 11th Street caller reported Friday at 6:44 a.m. that a mailbox was laying on the ground. -- Grace Larae Seymour of Chinook, 21, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant served Friday at 11:15 a.m. at Hill County Detention Center. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a caller on Fourth Street reported a man urinating in public Friday at 11:58 a.m. -- A caller at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business reported Friday at 12:15 p.m....

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly business meeting

    Updated Jul 3, 2023

    The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims and payroll Employment Budgets Abatements Journal and vouchers Ordinance Resolutions #23-2739: A Resolution Affirming Active Participation in The Bear Paw Economic Development District. Contracts Board appointments Beaver Creek Park Board Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Havre Trails memorandum of a...